Chapter Seventy-Two: The Bloody Battle of the Jade Bottle Pass
Not long after Wei Wuxian sent Tang Zhongnian and Yun Xiang away, a fast horse galloped towards the camp from the direction of Hulukou, and the people on the horse held high the command flag and shouted: "100,000 urgent, 100,000 urgent!" The soldiers guarding the camp hurriedly opened the camp gate and let him break in.
The people in the camp were all attracted to it, only to see the herald turn over and dismount when he arrived at the camp, and ran directly to the big tent of the Chinese army.
Soon, Wei Wuxian got the news that the Northern Barbarians began to increase troops to Binyang Town, and the front military ordered everyone to prepare to withdraw to Lingzhou City, and the strong walls outside the city were clear, intending to defend the city to the death.
Longchen also has no way, the disparity between the forces of the two sides, Binyang Town's terrain is open and difficult to defend, so it can only be fortified and cleared, retreat to Lingzhou City, and wait for the imperial court to send troops to rescue.
There are eight counties in Lingzhou, and Quyang County is in the northwest direction, just connecting Jialan Pass and Yubei Pass, and is located in the front of the territory of the Northern Barbarian Evil Yu King. Behind it is Lingzhou City, and the remaining seven counties surround Lingzhou City, which is a bit similar to an open folding fan.
Wei Wuxian sent Bai Zizai and Luo Kun out to inquire about the situation, and the information that came back almost blew up his lungs.
Now Binyang Town is moving people, but how can it be so easy for thousands of families in a town to move their families, some old people are difficult to leave their homeland, unwilling to go to Lingzhou City, some squires are reluctant to industry, and even some gangsters take advantage of the chaos to steal, the whole migration drags on, until the first batch of Beiban troops arrive in Binyang Town.
The civil official who presided over the relocation looked left and right, and had no decisive power at all, so if he continued, not only would he lose the lives of thousands of families, but also the officers and soldiers who remained until the end could not escape the iron cavalry of the Northern Barbarians.
But he was helpless, and according to Ding Guohui's explanation, he began to arrange the evacuation of the Jade Bottle Pass.
Ding Guohui's idea was to pile up enough wood and stone near the city gate, pour black oil on them when evacuating, and ignite them to stop the pursuit of the Beiban brigade behind, and he handed over this task to one of the guards.
Wei Wuxian and several other guards were all responsible for the defense, this time was too important, and Ding Guohui even transferred the reserve team to Guancheng.
Binyang Town to the northern barbarians began a full-scale attack, this time the first to arrive reinforcements two barbarian teams, a total of more than 10,000 people on both sides in the field in front of Binyang Town fighting, the scene is huge, the sound of drums and horses can be heard here in the Jade Bottle Pass.
The Northern Barbarians on the opposite side of the Jade Bottle Pass also began to move, hundreds of Northern Barbarian soldiers rushed towards the city gate, dozens of people desperately cleared the barricades regardless of the rolling wood and stones falling from the city, and the Northern Barbarians behind them shot towards the city wall, and the battle between the two sides began.
The arrows at the head of the city could not stop the brave northern barbarian soldiers, and in less than a moment, five cloud ladders were set up on the city wall, and the northern barbarian soldiers on the opposite side quickly ran to the cloud ladder under the cover of the archers, and the shouts of killing resounded throughout the pass.
The opposite Northern Barbarians arranged at least three hundred archers to shoot at the city wall, they were distributed on both sides, leaving a passage in the middle for the Northern Barbarians behind to pass, the dense rain of arrows made the Daxia soldiers at the head of the city feel a lot of pressure, they not only had to deal with the Northern Barbarians who kept climbing up, but also had to pay attention to the arrows shot from the opposite side, many Daxia soldiers were shot by arrows as soon as they showed their heads, and the city walls were full of Daxia soldiers who fell to the ground with arrows.
Ding Guohui arranged two hundred crossbowmen to fight back, but the opponent's archers completely ignored it, you shoot yours, I shoot mine, and when they fall, a new northern barbarian soldier will make up for it, and they have always maintained the suppression of the city.
The situation is also tense at the peaks on both sides, and there are small groups of northern barbarians who make a detour up the mountain, killing from the jungle to the cliff, and cooperating with the mountaineering of the northern barbarians below, not to mention the division of troops to help Guancheng, even whether it can be defended is a problem.
Wei Wuxian didn't let Xie Sanyi and a few people make a move, in a war of this scale, a few monks can play a very limited role, monks are also people, if they fight with all their strength, their physical strength will not last long, and they will eventually be crushed into powder by the endless Northern Barbarian soldiers.
Huang Chong once privately asked Ma Laosan why he didn't go to the air to give the Northern Barbarians a blow, but Ma Laosan despised him and said: "Don't mention it, the monks in the Qi Refining Period can resist the sword to a distance of up to thirty zhang high, and if they fly into the air, they will be shot into a hedgehog." ”
The battle began in the morning and lasted until evening, and the city wall was filled with gunsmoke, and there were corpses all over the city, including the Great Xia soldiers and the Northern Barbarian soldiers. Some of them stuck their swords in each other's bodies, and some of them were shot into hedgehogs by random arrows, and they died in different ways.
The Northern Barbarians had no intention of stopping this time, lit their torches, and continued to attack the city. There were now less than half of the defenders left on the city, almost all of them wounded and exhausted. In the face of the endless onslaught of the Northern Barbarian soldiers, I saw that I couldn't resist it.
Ji Yun took the arrow in his right hand and found that only the last three crossbow arrows were left, and in a blink of an eye, the area on his side had already died except for him.
"Little dog, Wu Big Mouth..."
The corners of Ji Yun's eyes were moist, calling the names of his comrades on the side, and with great difficulty, he wound a crossbow arrow with difficulty, and cursed loudly, 'Dog's day Northern Barbarians, I want to kill you all!' towards the Northern Barbarians who were surrounding a Song Zhe on the city wall.
Song Zhe's hand holding the spear was trembling, the spear in his hand was getting heavier and heavier, and there were more and more enemies in front of him, watching his comrades fall one by one, he didn't know how long he could hold on.
Shen Tao slashed at a Northern Barbarian soldier, who was chopped backwards to the battlements of the city wall, and looked down to see that the cotton armor was intact, except for a little pain in his chest.
It turned out that Shen Tao's slashing knife had already curled up because he had been fighting for too long, and the Northern Barbarian soldiers shouted excitedly and rushed forward again, and surrounded Shen Tao with several Northern Barbarian soldiers.
Ji Yun shot an arrow, and was immediately stared at by the two northern barbarians who climbed the city wall, and waved the scimitar in his hand to pounce on it left and right. Ji Yun hurriedly threw down the crossbow in his hand and pulled out the knife on his waist to resist, but with his current physical strength, he was the opponent of the two Northern Barbarian soldiers, and in just one round, he was cut an inch long on the right leg by the opponent.
This time he was even more struggling, and his right arm was also unable to use his strength because of the continuous use of crossbow arrows, so he could only turn his right leg and use his left hand, which he was not good at, to wrestle with two northern barbarian soldiers, and one was accidentally slashed by the other party on the back, this knife almost cut off his backbone, and Ji Yun fell into the pile of corpses.
He looked at the two northern barbarians who came forward with a sly smile and a sword, and knew that his last moment in this world was coming.
Ji Yun thought of his mother at home, remembered his wife who had just passed the door, and smiled miserably and raised the knife with his last strength, even if he died, he would pull on his back.
However, the god of fate fell from the sky, and the faces of the two menacing northern barbarians on the opposite side suddenly became distorted, and then the whole person fell straight forward and fell straight to Ji Yun's side.
"Can you still move?"
Ji Yun looked at Wei Wuxian, who was standing with a sword in front of him, in surprise, nodded, and stood up with his sword on the ground supporting his heavy body.
On the other side, Song Zhe stabbed a Northern Barbarian soldier on the wall with a spear, and the Northern Barbarian kept waving the scimitar in his hand, but he couldn't reach Song Zhe in front.
The corner of Song Zhe's mouth was bleeding, he was hit by an arrow in his left arm, and he was hit by a meteor hammer in the back, and he forced three or four northern barbarians away with a spear, and nailed one of them to the wall with the last of his strength.
In this battle, he killed four Northern Barbarian soldiers, which was already enough, and he turned a blind eye to the three Northern Barbarian soldiers who swung their knives at him around him, and nailed the Northern Barbarian soldiers on the opposite side to the wall with fierce force.
Suddenly, a gust of wind blew behind him, and then a series of screams came from the left and right, and the three Northern Barbarians who surrounded him suddenly stood in place, their heads lowered, and then fell to the ground silently.
"Are you alright?"
Song Zhe wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, turned to look at Xie Sanyi and said, "I'm fine!"
In the middle of Guancheng, five northern barbarian soldiers continued to leave scars on Shen Tao's body, and they were wantonly playing with this Great Xia military attaché.
Shen Tao's knife has been rolled, almost like an iron rod, it does not have much lethality for these Northern Barbarian soldiers, with the increasing number of Northern Barbarian soldiers on the city, his heart is now like ashes, and today this may be the place where he is buried.
Only for a moment, he recalled that on the first day of enlistment, he discussed with Wei Qixun and Wei Qijue's brothers to deal with the bullying of those veterans, secretly went outside to find wine and food, went out to exercise together, went to the battlefield together, and met the Northern Barbarians when he went out, Wei Qixun stayed alone to deal with the Northern Barbarians, and entrusted his younger brother Wei Qijue to him... Later, on the way to escape, Wei Qijue died unexpectedly, and he returned to the barracks alone. Although Wei Qixun suppressed him for ten years, he never held a grudge against Wei Qixun.
Maybe it was too tired, maybe it was blood and messy hair that blurred his vision, the enemies in front of him were decreasing, one, two... In the end, there was no more, and a tall figure appeared in front of him.
"Are you alright?"
Shen Tao used his hand to pull the silk, rubbed his scarlet eyes, and finally saw clearly that the person in front of him was the conductor's friend, the person with a very elegant name - Gu He!